2026 George R. Lippert Memorial Award Recipient: John Mack

SIA has named John E. Mack III as the 2026 recipient of the George R. Lippert Memorial Award. Mack joined Raymond James in 2025 as managing director and co-head of security and safety investment banking. He joined from Imperial Capital, where he served as co-head of investment banking and head of the security sector investment banking practice. Previously, Mack was founder and CEO of USBX, a boutique investment bank based in Los Angeles, California. Prior to his time at USBX, he served as CEO and a member of the board of directors of Protection One, then a public company and the nation’s second largest provider of life safety and property monitoring services. Mack holds a B.A. from Stanford University and an MBA from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Mack is a longtime dedicated SIA member whose impactful involvement within SIA and the broader security industry has included conceiving of SIA’s Endowment Program, which focuses on growth, expansion and innovation for SIA initiatives, and serving as endowment chair. He is a frequent speaker at the Securing New Ground conference and a past SIA board member, Executive Committee member and treasurer. His advocacy and support of SIA have included sponsorship of SNG and the SIA Executive Reception at ISC West, and he has been a strong proponent and influenced SIA’s development of various research reports. Mack founded the Security Investor Conference while at USBX 23 years ago, and it is now a prominent event at Raymond James promoting the security industry to the investment community.

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